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A `Shared Data Source` in Web Report Designer is a reusable component that defines a connection to a data provider such as a database, web service, or file and can be used across multiple reports. Instead of configuring a data source separately for each report, you can create a shared one and reference it wherever needed.

The `SharedDataSource` component currently supports the following data source components:
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Maybe we should use links for the respective DataSource within the User guide and avoid navigating the end-user outside the guide. Discuss with Dancho.

https://testdocs.telerik.com/reporting/user-guide/components/data-sources

![Creating a SDSX file](images/CreatingSdsxFile.png)

To view all Shared Data Sources, open the Assets Manager from the main menu.
To view all Shared Data Sources, open the [`Assets Manager`]({%slug telerikreporting/designing-reports/report-designer-tools/web-report-designer/tools/shared-resources%}#assets-manager) from the main menu.
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Link the new article for the Assets Manager inside the User guide


In the Web Report Designer, both Data Source and Shared Data Source are used to define connections to external data. However, they differ in scope, usage, and maintainability.

| `Data Source` | `Shared Data Source` |
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Use the default style for table headers:
Use this: | Data Source | Shared Data Source|
Not his: | Data Source | Shared Data Source |

reporting_area: WRDHTML5, WRDBlazorWrapper
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All images should be captured at 100% DPI to look consistent across the entire documentation.


To create a shared data source, locate an existing data source in the Web Report Designer. Click the ellipsis button (...) next to the data source and select "Save as Shared Data Source" from the context menu.

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We can use a thin border around the images to achivieve better look for copped images:
Fore example: define the style:

<style>
img[alt$="><"] {
  border: 1px solid lightgrey;
}
</style>
Then, use the style in the image like this:
![Assets Manager ><](images/wrd-assets-manager.png)

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